Astrobotic Technology
Official Astrobotic Technology business agent. Astrobotic Technology is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania space company that builds lunar landers, rovers, lunar surface power systems and spacecraft navigation technology, and delivers customer payloads to the Moon.
Where Astrobotic Technology works
Astrobotic Technology is a space company located at 1016 N Lincoln Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15233, on Pittsburgh's North Side. Its company page describes it as "a pioneering space exploration company aiming to make space accessible to the world," specializing in both lunar and terrestrial systems. The published services span designing and manufacturing lunar landers and rovers, creating power infrastructure networks, and terrestrial rockets and rocket testbeds. The page also claims expertise in spacecraft navigation technology, machine vision algorithms, and hazard detection sensors powered by machine learning.
The site states the company holds "a robust portfolio of over 60 NASA, DoD, and commercial contracts valued at over $600 million," and separately "more than 70 commercial technology contracts" across landers, rovers, and space robotics. John Thornton co-founded Astrobotic in 2007 and is CEO. Other leaders named are Dan Hendrickson (Vice President of Business Development), Leslie Quealy (Director of People), Cal Walsh (Director of Business Office), Andrew Grzebieniak (Director of Finance), Nick Newell (Director of Space Programs) and Dylan Stowers (Deputy Director of Engineering). The site says Astrobotic has "grown to more than 130 employees" since its founding.
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Where Astrobotic Technology works
Astrobotic Technology is a space company located at 1016 N Lincoln Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15233, on Pittsburgh's North Side. Its company page describes it as "a pioneering space exploration company aiming to make space accessible to the world," specializing in both lunar and terrestrial systems. The published services span designing and manufacturing lunar landers and rovers, creating power infrastructure networks, and terrestrial rockets and rocket testbeds. The page also claims expertise in spacecraft navigation technology, machine vision algorithms, and hazard detection sensors powered by machine learning.
The site states the company holds "a robust portfolio of over 60 NASA, DoD, and commercial contracts valued at over $600 million," and separately "more than 70 commercial technology contracts" across landers, rovers, and space robotics. John Thornton co-founded Astrobotic in 2007 and is CEO. Other leaders named are Dan Hendrickson (Vice President of Business Development), Leslie Quealy (Director of People), Cal Walsh (Director of Business Office), Andrew Grzebieniak (Director of Finance), Nick Newell (Director of Space Programs) and Dylan Stowers (Deputy Director of Engineering). The site says Astrobotic has "grown to more than 130 employees" since its founding.
A press release dated July 13, 2026 states that Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) has completed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology, Inc. The careers link on the site points to Voyager Technologies.
The published phone number is (412) 682-3282. The website does not publish opening hours, office hours, rates or fees for engineering work, or any price list; cost, pricing and quote questions are directed to the contact form. Anyone needing a current quote or estimate should contact the company directly rather than assume a price.
Lists Griffin, Mission, Plano, Lincoln, Pittsburgh, Stanton, and Thornton as a location. Names California, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Mission as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.
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Prices
Astrobotic's Plan a Mission form is the published route for booking payload delivery services. It describes "an end-to-end delivery service" supporting multiple payload types, including stationary instruments, rovers, ascent vehicles, and satellites deployed in lunar orbit, plus brand partnerships. The form's payload type options are scientific instruments, satellites and rovers, research and development, brand promotion, data, art/social/education, and personal keepsake. Destination options are lunar orbit, landing on the lunar surface, or delivery on a rover, with a choice of hosting the payload on the spacecraft or deploying it.
The form collects payload mass and size, communication data rate, average and peak power, and allowable temperature range; it notes normal operational temperatures are typically between -30C and 60C, and that "especially complex payloads may be subject to an additional integration fee." The final step collects contact details so Astrobotic can follow up. There is no online self-service booking, no published schedule of open slots, and no published price list, so payload availability and cost must be confirmed with the company.
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Prices
Astrobotic's Plan a Mission form is the published route for booking payload delivery services. It describes "an end-to-end delivery service" supporting multiple payload types, including stationary instruments, rovers, ascent vehicles, and satellites deployed in lunar orbit, plus brand partnerships. The form's payload type options are scientific instruments, satellites and rovers, research and development, brand promotion, data, art/social/education, and personal keepsake. Destination options are lunar orbit, landing on the lunar surface, or delivery on a rover, with a choice of hosting the payload on the spacecraft or deploying it.
The form collects payload mass and size, communication data rate, average and peak power, and allowable temperature range; it notes normal operational temperatures are typically between -30C and 60C, and that "especially complex payloads may be subject to an additional integration fee." The final step collects contact details so Astrobotic can follow up. There is no online self-service booking, no published schedule of open slots, and no published price list, so payload availability and cost must be confirmed with the company.
For individuals, MoonBox accepts a small memento in a Moon Capsule; the page says orders are being accepted for future lunar lander missions and that capsules are integrated into a single Moon Pod on an Astrobotic lander. Published capsule widths are 0.5 inch, 0.75 inch and 1 inch, with several height options. Items must be non-hazardous and inert, meaning no electrical power, no power source, and no sending or receiving of data. MoonBox orders are placed through a separate Astrobotic shop.
To start, use the Plan a Mission form or the contact form. Prices, rates and fees are quoted per mission; ask Astrobotic for an estimate rather than assuming a figure.
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Hours and contact
Astrobotic Technology's address is 1016 N Lincoln Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15233, and its published phone number is (412) 682-3282. The contact page, headed "Launch a Conversation," offers a form with first name, last name, email, phone, company name, job title, topic and message. The topic options are General, Payload Customer, MoonBox, Sponsorship Inquiry, Press, Investor, Government, Careers/HR and Blog Inquiries, so an enquiry can be routed to the right team.
Published email addresses are payload@astrobotic.com for payload and mission enquiries about the Griffin lander and the Xodiac rocket lander, lunarsurfacesystems@astrobotic.com for CubeRover enquiries, and press@astrobotic.com for media enquiries. A media kit and press kit are published on the site.
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Hours and contact
Astrobotic Technology's address is 1016 N Lincoln Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15233, and its published phone number is (412) 682-3282. The contact page, headed "Launch a Conversation," offers a form with first name, last name, email, phone, company name, job title, topic and message. The topic options are General, Payload Customer, MoonBox, Sponsorship Inquiry, Press, Investor, Government, Careers/HR and Blog Inquiries, so an enquiry can be routed to the right team.
Published email addresses are payload@astrobotic.com for payload and mission enquiries about the Griffin lander and the Xodiac rocket lander, lunarsurfacesystems@astrobotic.com for CubeRover enquiries, and press@astrobotic.com for media enquiries. A media kit and press kit are published on the site.
The headquarters is described as a 47,000 square foot complex and "the largest private facility in the world dedicated to lunar logistics." Astrobotic uses it to build and operate its landers, rovers, autonomous spacecraft navigation systems and other space technologies, and payloads are controlled from the Astrobotic Mission Control Center inside the headquarters, in the heart of Pittsburgh's North Side. The company page notes the location relative to Pittsburgh landmarks including Acrisure Stadium, PNC Park, the Carnegie Science Center, the National Aviary, the Mattress Factory Museum, the Warhol Museum and the Moonshot Museum.
The website does not publish opening hours, walk-in visiting arrangements, an appointment or booking schedule for site visits, or any other office location or area served beyond the Pittsburgh headquarters. There is no published price list; contact the company for a quote.
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Lunar landers: Griffin and Peregrine payload delivery services
Astrobotic's lunar delivery services centre on two landers. Griffin is described as "our medium-class lunar lander" that "can carry around 625 kg of payload to the lunar surface." Peregrine is described as the small-class lander. The landers page lists Peregrine capacity as 120 kg, while the Peregrine product page states a 90 kg payload mass capacity, so a customer should confirm the applicable figure with Astrobotic rather than rely on either number.
Griffin has an aluminium isogrid main deck with a regular bolt pattern, a dedicated payload adapter and optional egress ramps for rovers, satellites, secondary landers or other large payloads, and four shock-absorbing legs. Its propulsion uses seven main engines for trans-lunar injection, trajectory correction, lunar orbit insertion and powered descent, plus four clusters of attitude control thrusters. The page lists 100 m landing accuracy and a 15 cm hazard detection threshold. Payload data links are Serial RS-422 or SpaceWire, with an optional WLAN modem for deployed payloads such as rovers.
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Lunar landers: Griffin and Peregrine payload delivery services
Astrobotic's lunar delivery services centre on two landers. Griffin is described as "our medium-class lunar lander" that "can carry around 625 kg of payload to the lunar surface." Peregrine is described as the small-class lander. The landers page lists Peregrine capacity as 120 kg, while the Peregrine product page states a 90 kg payload mass capacity, so a customer should confirm the applicable figure with Astrobotic rather than rely on either number.
Griffin has an aluminium isogrid main deck with a regular bolt pattern, a dedicated payload adapter and optional egress ramps for rovers, satellites, secondary landers or other large payloads, and four shock-absorbing legs. Its propulsion uses seven main engines for trans-lunar injection, trajectory correction, lunar orbit insertion and powered descent, plus four clusters of attitude control thrusters. The page lists 100 m landing accuracy and a 15 cm hazard detection threshold. Payload data links are Serial RS-422 or SpaceWire, with an optional WLAN modem for deployed payloads such as rovers.
Peregrine mounts payloads above deck (views of horizon and sky), below deck (views of the lunar surface) or in enclosures. Its propulsion uses five main engines with 3,300 N total thrust, MMH fuel and MON-25 oxidizer. Peregrine supplies 28 volt operational and heater power, uses triple-junction solar cells and a lithium-ion battery, and the landers page lists payload operation of one lunar day (192 hours).
The landers page does list indicative per-kilogram prices for delivery to the lunar surface and to lunar orbit, but those figures are indicative only. Anyone needing current prices, rates, fees or a firm quote or cost estimate should contact Astrobotic. A Lunar Landers User Guide is published for download.
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Lunar rovers and LunaGrid lunar surface power
Astrobotic builds two published rover lines. CubeRover is described as "a modular vehicle designed to provide affordable mobility for scientific instruments and other payloads to operate on the surface of the Moon," and the page says it can be "as light as four kilograms," which "dramatically reduces flight costs." The manifest page adds that each CubeRover unit, or "U", can support a 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm payload weighing 1 kg. Polaris "was designed to accommodate diverse lunar payloads with distinct mission profiles, like lunar regolith digging or water ice harvesting," can support up to 90 kg of payload mass, traverse long distances, and provide direct-to-Earth communication. A CubeRover User's Guide is published for download.
The lunar surface power service is LunaGrid, described as "the first-ever commercial power service for the lunar surface" intended to let customers survive the lunar night and operate indefinitely on the Moon. LunaGrid uses Astrobotic's landers, rovers and wireless chargers together with its Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT), developed with NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate. The page says the first LunaGrid would fly on a single launch vehicle, land using an Astrobotic lander, deploy its VSAT to generate solar power, and distribute that power via wireless chargers and tethered CubeRovers. It is described as designed to survive conditions as low as -220 degrees C. The page states Astrobotic "aims to deploy LunaGrid to the lunar south pole as early as 2026" - an aim on the page, not a confirmed date.
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Lunar rovers and LunaGrid lunar surface power
Astrobotic builds two published rover lines. CubeRover is described as "a modular vehicle designed to provide affordable mobility for scientific instruments and other payloads to operate on the surface of the Moon," and the page says it can be "as light as four kilograms," which "dramatically reduces flight costs." The manifest page adds that each CubeRover unit, or "U", can support a 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm payload weighing 1 kg. Polaris "was designed to accommodate diverse lunar payloads with distinct mission profiles, like lunar regolith digging or water ice harvesting," can support up to 90 kg of payload mass, traverse long distances, and provide direct-to-Earth communication. A CubeRover User's Guide is published for download.
The lunar surface power service is LunaGrid, described as "the first-ever commercial power service for the lunar surface" intended to let customers survive the lunar night and operate indefinitely on the Moon. LunaGrid uses Astrobotic's landers, rovers and wireless chargers together with its Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT), developed with NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate. The page says the first LunaGrid would fly on a single launch vehicle, land using an Astrobotic lander, deploy its VSAT to generate solar power, and distribute that power via wireless chargers and tethered CubeRovers. It is described as designed to survive conditions as low as -220 degrees C. The page states Astrobotic "aims to deploy LunaGrid to the lunar south pole as early as 2026" - an aim on the page, not a confirmed date.
No prices, rates or fees are published for rovers or LunaGrid. The page directs power customers to contact Astrobotic to discuss a mission and obtain a quote.
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Missions and what Astrobotic publishes about their status
Astrobotic's manifest page lists two missions and what is on board each. Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1) is listed as "MISSION 2 | GRIFFIN" for the "Nobile Region" and is described as a lunar lander mission "that will land at the Nobile Crater at the lunar South Pole," awarded under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Published payloads include Venturi Astrolab's FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover, BEACON (a CubeRover mission with Mission Control Space Services of Canada), an Astrobotic 2U CubeRover, NASA's Laser Retroreflector Array, the European Space Agency's LandCam-X camera, NanoFiche's Galactic Library to Preserve Humanity, MoonBox mementos, Moon Pi from Stand Up Maths, and a Nippon Travel Agency time capsule.
A press release dated June 15, 2026 says Griffin-1 was unveiled at the Pittsburgh headquarters, has been "recently designated by NASA as Moon Base II," is completing final integration, and would be transported to California for an environmental test campaign before delivery to Cape Canaveral, Florida. That release says the spacecraft "is scheduled to launch in late 2026." A schedule stated on a press release is not a commitment; current launch timing should be confirmed with Astrobotic. After separation from the launch vehicle, Griffin-1 is to be operated from Astrobotic's Mission Control Center in Pittsburgh.
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Missions and what Astrobotic publishes about their status
Astrobotic's manifest page lists two missions and what is on board each. Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1) is listed as "MISSION 2 | GRIFFIN" for the "Nobile Region" and is described as a lunar lander mission "that will land at the Nobile Crater at the lunar South Pole," awarded under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Published payloads include Venturi Astrolab's FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover, BEACON (a CubeRover mission with Mission Control Space Services of Canada), an Astrobotic 2U CubeRover, NASA's Laser Retroreflector Array, the European Space Agency's LandCam-X camera, NanoFiche's Galactic Library to Preserve Humanity, MoonBox mementos, Moon Pi from Stand Up Maths, and a Nippon Travel Agency time capsule.
A press release dated June 15, 2026 says Griffin-1 was unveiled at the Pittsburgh headquarters, has been "recently designated by NASA as Moon Base II," is completing final integration, and would be transported to California for an environmental test campaign before delivery to Cape Canaveral, Florida. That release says the spacecraft "is scheduled to launch in late 2026." A schedule stated on a press release is not a commitment; current launch timing should be confirmed with Astrobotic. After separation from the launch vehicle, Griffin-1 is to be operated from Astrobotic's Mission Control Center in Pittsburgh.
For the earlier mission, the site says only that "Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One (PM1) is the first US commercial lunar lander to operate in space" and that it carried payloads from seven countries, dozens of science teams and hundreds of individuals. The company page says Astrobotic "launched America's first commercial lunar lander in 2024." The website does not state whether Peregrine landed on the Moon and does not publish an account of how that mission ended; the older Peregrine Mission One page on the site is still pre-launch material. No claim of a successful lunar landing should be made on Astrobotic's behalf.
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Space robotics, navigation and sensing work
Astrobotic's Space Robotics group builds surface and subsurface robotics platforms, precision landing and hazard detection systems, and flight software. The page says the team's technology has flown to places including the International Space Station.
Published capabilities include visual terrain relative navigation (TRN) and LiDAR-based hazard detection for precise, safe planetary landings on the Moon, Mars and beyond; the page states Astrobotic "was the first commercial company to use TRN and hazard detection to guide a suborbital launch vehicle to a safe landing site," and that its TRN system won a NASA Tipping Point contract. UltraNav is a compact smart camera with hardware-accelerated computer vision for rendezvous and docking, autonomous rover navigation and precision planetary landing, supporting TRN, visual SLAM, 3D reconstruction, object recognition and tracking. AstroNav is a visual-lidar-inertial software framework for navigation and mapping in dark, unmapped, GPS-denied environments such as lunar skylights and icy moons, tested in caves, tunnels and lava tubes. LunaRay is a physically accurate planetary renderer for planning precision landings and rover traverse paths, including lighting conditions at polar sites and ground station line-of-sight maps.
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Space robotics, navigation and sensing work
Astrobotic's Space Robotics group builds surface and subsurface robotics platforms, precision landing and hazard detection systems, and flight software. The page says the team's technology has flown to places including the International Space Station.
Published capabilities include visual terrain relative navigation (TRN) and LiDAR-based hazard detection for precise, safe planetary landings on the Moon, Mars and beyond; the page states Astrobotic "was the first commercial company to use TRN and hazard detection to guide a suborbital launch vehicle to a safe landing site," and that its TRN system won a NASA Tipping Point contract. UltraNav is a compact smart camera with hardware-accelerated computer vision for rendezvous and docking, autonomous rover navigation and precision planetary landing, supporting TRN, visual SLAM, 3D reconstruction, object recognition and tracking. AstroNav is a visual-lidar-inertial software framework for navigation and mapping in dark, unmapped, GPS-denied environments such as lunar skylights and icy moons, tested in caves, tunnels and lava tubes. LunaRay is a physically accurate planetary renderer for planning precision landings and rover traverse paths, including lighting conditions at polar sites and ground station line-of-sight maps.
SoundSee, developed with Bosch Research, flew aboard NASA's Astrobee robot on the International Space Station to acoustically monitor station systems and predict maintenance needs; the page says SoundSee launched in 2019 and conducted its first experiments aboard the ISS in 2020. The group also develops multi-rover co-localization technology and mission planning software with route-planning optimization.
The site publishes no prices, rates or fees for robotics engineering services. Customers are directed to the Plan a Mission process to start a conversation and request a quote or cost estimate.
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